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Consultant Class Shops Sean Duffy as 2028 Nominee Before Midterms
Liz Mair floats Sean Duffy as an 'EZ-Pass' candidate acceptable to every faction—but won't say who's bankrolling him.
48m ago
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Liz Mair floats Sean Duffy as an 'EZ-Pass' candidate acceptable to every faction—but won't say who's bankrolling him.
48m ago
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Missourians cast primary ballots under districts that no longer exist — and the courts couldn't care less.
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The Democratic hopeful now says there are two sexes and supports banning gender surgery for minors — after years claiming the opposite.
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Contradictory court orders leave Missouri voters with no clear congressional map two months before Election Day — and no sign judges will sort it out before ballots print.
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Washington calls it a bribe. Returning your money is the one spending they can't stomach.
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Proposed rule would end inflated House seats and Electoral College votes for states that harbor illegal aliens.
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Press fussed over a minor slide deployment while the real story—a foreign-donated jet still lacking full defensive systems—went ignored.
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Press targets Trump's disclosed cash gifts to aides while Biden family foreign money gets a pass.
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As Canada slaps retaliatory tariffs on $20 billion in American goods, the president draws a line on aerospace — and the press calls it protectionism.
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House control — and the power to block America-first legislation — hangs on a Navy-heavy district feeling the costs of the Iran war.
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The establishment screams ego, but Dallas proves who owns the GOP base.
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Outsiders battle party machinery as the establishment redraws maps to protect its own.
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MAGA Inc. unlocks its $400M war chest to defend a once-safe Senate seat the establishment surrendered to border failure.
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The establishment recycles retread politicians, and the press tells you it's what you wanted all along.
5d ago
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Adam Telle spent two decades steering appropriations for the senators who fund the Army he now controls.
5d ago
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Federal injunction locks in current mail-voting rules as ballots ship; Trump administration appeals to the Supreme Court.
5d ago
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Rejected by voters, the Louisiana Republican is stalling the president's labor picks over a resigned secretary's misconduct.
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Same week, two state supreme courts intervene in redistricting — and only one outcome gets called a gerrymander
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Feds push barcode mandate 70 days before midterms — but USPS lawyer can't tell a judge if the tracking portal even works
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GOP Sen. Thom Tillis breaks ranks to demand Hegseth's ouster as the Pentagon's revolving door spins.
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Thomas Ross allegedly tried to frame his rival with cocaine — and won his primary by a handful of votes. When power's the prize, the justice system is just another weapon.
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Super PAC drops pocket change on self-promotional ads as vulnerable Republicans face a bloodbath and working Americans eat inflation
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